Photo Spotlights

Mark Powell of Easton, Pa., left, a teacher at Easton Area High School, and Andy Spencer of Rochester, a teacher at Caledonia-Mumford High School, worked on an engineering project to design and build a 15-marble sorter in a class offered by Project Lead the Way at RIT. PLTW provides training for high school teachers across the country in the science, technology, engineering and math disciplines and the opportunity to earn undergraduate credits.

Faculty researchers, from left, Ivan Puchades, Reginald Rogers and Brian Landi are working with corporate and government partners, to develop nanocarbon-based wires that could replace traditional copper wiring for equipment—from cars to maritime applications—and positively impact the longevity and durability of today’s electronic devices. The team recently received funding through the U.S. Department of Energy for this breakthrough work.

Gretchen Wainwright, senior lecturer and program chair for RIT’s civil engineering technology department, assisted Scotia Snyder, a freshman at Nichols High School in Buffalo, N.Y., with a project to build a bridge with coffee stirrers and duct tape. Students from the Seneca Nation visited RIT for Native American Outreach Day on July 14. The students toured the campus and learned about fields such as packaging science, hospitality and engineering technology through hands-on activities. The event was made possible by a collaboration between RIT’s Native American Future Stewards Program and the College of Applied Science and Technology. RIT has consistently been recognized as one of the Top 200 Colleges for Native American Students.

Scotia Snyder, a freshman at Nichols High School in Buffalo, N.Y., built a bridge with coffee stirrers and duct tape in an interactive class in RIT’s civil engineering technology department. Students from the Seneca Nation visited RIT for Native American Outreach Day on July 14. The students toured the campus and learned about fields such as packaging science, hospitality and engineering technology through hands-on activities. The event was made possible by a collaboration between RIT’s Native American Future Stewards Program and the College of Applied Science and Technology.

Construction continues on the building that will house MAGIC Spell Studios. The program is a first-of-its-kind effort in higher education that will link RIT’s internationally ranked academic programs with high-tech facilities needed to commercialize computer gaming, film and animation, and digital media projects.

Keith Jenkins, RIT interim vice president and associate provost, speaks to his Intercultural Communication class of students from the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP). HEOP is committed to the recruitment and academic success of disadvantaged students with strong academic potential and personal initiative who would otherwise be excluded from higher education at a private New York State college or university. This week the students began an intensive four-week summer residence pre-freshmen program.

The one-week workshop in digital photography for high school students covered camera controls, composition, flash techniques, demos and more. Here, Dan Hughes, an RIT lecturer in photo sciences, demonstrated painting with light in a dark studio. Other summer workshops held by the School of Photographic Arts and Sciences include color managed workflow for digital print and photojournalism.

Middle school students participated in the “Living Things: From Macroscopic to Microscopic” camp this week held by the Center for Bioscience Education and Technology. Here, Chris Widmaier, camp instructor for the class, demonstrated flash freezing plants with liquid nitrogen.

From left, middle school students Jack Peyre, Sarah Kroetz and Ebun Thomas collected insect specimens for the “Living Things: From Macroscopic to Microscopic” camp this week, hosted by RIT’s Center for Bioscience Education and Technology. They identified and studied the insects under microscopes before setting them free.

At RIT/NTID’s career exploration program, Explore Your Future, students William Pena from Willie Ross School for the Deaf in Massachusetts and Danielle Morley from Eastern North Carolina School for the Deaf develop new skills by teaming up to create and program their own robot. The camp runs through July 13.

Members of the RIT community lined up to extend a warm welcome to its 10th president, David Munson, on his first day in office. Learn more about RIT’s 10th president at rit.edu/president.

Members of the RIT community lined up to extend a warm welcome to its 10th president, David Munson, on his first day in office. Learn more about RIT’s 10th president at rit.edu/president.